Return to API Services. This service is the backend for the Climodat Download frontend.
Documentation for /cgi-bin/request/coop.py
This service is somewhat poorly named coop.py, but is providing the IEM Climodat data, which is a combination of NWS COOP and NWS ASOS/AWOS data. There are a number of knobs here as this is one of the most popular datasets the IEM produces.
Changelog
- 2024-06-22: Initital documentation and backend conversion to pydantic.
CGI Arguments
The following table lists the CGI arguments that are accepted by this service. A HTTP GET request is required. Fields of type Multi-Params or CSV value can accept either a comma separated list or multiple parameter and value combinations. For example, ?foo=1&foo=2 is equivalent to ?foo=1,2.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| delim | string | The delimiter to use in the output file. Options: comma, tab, space |
| gis | boolean | Include latitude and longitude columns in the output. |
| inclatlon | boolean | Include latitude and longitude columns in the output. |
| model | string | The model to use for output. Options: simple, apsim, century, daycent, salus, dndc, swat. Specifying this will override the 'vars' option. |
| network | string | The network to use for station lookups. |
| scenario | boolean | Should data from a previous year, specified by scenario_year be used to fill out the present year. |
| scenario_year | integer | The year to use as a scenario year, if scenario is true. |
| station | Multi-Params or CSV value | List of stations to include in the output. |
| stations | Multi-Params or CSV value | List of stations to include in the output. Legacy variable name. |
| vars | Multi-Params or CSV value | List of variables to include in the output. |
| what | string | The type of output to generate. |
| with_header | boolean | Include a header row in the output. |
| year1 | integer | The starting year for the data request. |
| month1 | integer | The starting month for the data request. |
| day1 | integer | The starting day for the data request. |
| year2 | integer | The ending year for the data request. |
| month2 | integer | The ending month for the data request. |
| day2 | integer | The ending day for the data request. |